Hi, On Sun, 23 Oct 2011, Paul Wise wrote: > One of the other problems with embedded JavaScript libraries is that > often only the pre-compiled/obfuscated/minified version is > distributed, which would be a violation of DFSG item 2.
I did not reply on this at first but since Jakub filed #646729 using a similar reasoning, I would like to discuss this here. I don't agree that minified files are a violation of DFSG #2. If the library is under the GPL then it would be a problem because it's not the preferred form of modification. But with more liberal licenses, we should certainly accept that the minified files are their own sources much like we accept any other blob of data under a free license. For instance we know that almost none of the firmwares are hand-crafted yet I think we have many firmware under DFSG-free licenses (and we adequately pointed out that GPL firmwares were not ok). (Furthermore there are tools which can reindent such minified files, while this doesn't restore variable names and the like, it really helps if one wants to analyze this code.) Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Pre-order a copy of the Debian Administrator's Handbook and help liberate it: http://debian-handbook.info/go/ulule-rh/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111026170814.ga28...@rivendell.home.ouaza.com
